Advances in child development and behavior. Volume 25 / edited by Hayne W. Reese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reese, Hayne Waring, 1931-

Series:

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Advances in child development and behavior ; v. 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child psychology.

Child development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Academic Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in Child Development and Behavior is intended to ease the task faced by researchers, instructors, and students who are confronted by the vast amount of research and theoretical discussion in child development and behavior. The serial provides scholarly technical articles with critical reviews, recent advances in research, and fresh theoretical viewpoints. Volume 25 offers perspectives on children's activity memory, spatial representation, social reasoning, and metacognitive development.

Contents:

Front Cover; Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Volume 25; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; In Memoriam: Charles C. Spiker (1925-1993); Chapter 1. Developmental Differences in Associative Memory: Strategy Use, Mental Effort, and Knowledge Access Interactions; I. Introduction; II. Mental Resources and Elaboration; III. Mental Effort and Knowledge Access; IV. Knowledge Access Interactions; V. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. A Unifying Framework for the Development of Children's Activity Memory; I. Introduction

II. The Role of Activity Features in Children's MemoryIII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Strategy Utilization Deficiencies in Children: When, Where, and Why; I. Introduction; II. Utilization Deficiency: Definition and Conceptualization; III. Evidence for the Existence of Utilization Deficiencies; IV. Causes of the Utilization Deficiency; V. Issues for Future Research; VI. Broader Implications: Research Biases; VII. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 4. The Development of Children's Ability to Use Spatial Representations; I. Introduction; II. Previous Research

III. Theoretical PerspectivesIV. Recognition of Correspondence; V. Development of Spatial Strategies; VI. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Fostering Metacognitive Development; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Conceptualizations of Metacognition; III. Social Influences on Metacognitive Development; IV. Interventions Aimed at Fostering Metacognitive Development; V. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. The HOME Inventory: Review and Reflections; I. Introduction; II. Technical Attributes of the HOME Inventory; III. Intellectual Development; IV. Language Development

V. Studies of High-Risk ChildrenVI. Conditions Affecting the Home Environment-Cognitive Development Rela tionship; VII. Social and Behavioral Development; VIII. Health-Related Outcomes; IX. Parental Correlates; X. Conclusions; References; Chapter 7. Social Reasoning and the Varieties of Social Experiences in Cultural Contexts; I. Introduction; II. Behavioral Variations and the Contexts of Social Judgments; III. Social Judgments and Informational Features; IV. Social Judgments and Cultural Contexts; V. Personal Agency within Hierarchical Social Arrangements; VI. Conclusions; References

Chapter 8. Mechanisms in the Explanation of Developmental ChangeI. Debate over Mechanisms in Developmental Explanation; II. Defining Mechanism; III. Mechanism and Causal Explanation; IV. Structural and Functional Explanation for Mechanisms; V. Models of Developmental Mechanisms; VI. Summary and Conclusions; References; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Previous Volumes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-281-71829-7

9786611718299

0-08-056597-2

OCLC:

476212775